Eva Moore


Actor

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Birth Place
Brighton, England, GB
Born
February 09, 1870
Died
April 27, 1955

Biography

This diminutive British stage actress, who in her later years appeared in occasional films on both sides of the Atlantic, gave her most memorable performance as the cantankerous religious fanatic Rebecca Femm in James Whale's classic "The Old Dark House" (1932). Moore was the mother of Jill Esmond, a stage and screen actress most prominent in the 1930s and the first wife of Laurence Oliv...

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Family & Companions

Henry V Esmond
Husband

Biography

This diminutive British stage actress, who in her later years appeared in occasional films on both sides of the Atlantic, gave her most memorable performance as the cantankerous religious fanatic Rebecca Femm in James Whale's classic "The Old Dark House" (1932). Moore was the mother of Jill Esmond, a stage and screen actress most prominent in the 1930s and the first wife of Laurence Olivier.

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Family

Jill Esmond
Daughter
Actor. Was married to Laurence Olivier from 1930 to 1940.

Companions

Henry V Esmond
Husband

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